Disclaimer: Aurora Clementine Badeau, Aberto Adriano Badeau, Alicia Doireann Badeau (nee Riddle), Timothy Durante Badeau, Alfred Cillain Badeau, Holly Caoimhe Badeau, Nicola Sorcha Badeau, Italia Isla Badeau, Thekla Sophia Badeau (nee Metaxas), Maximus Eligio Badeau, Alexander Fidel Badeau, Massimo Cillian Badeau, Dolores Maria Badeau (nee DaSilva), Nikita Gorbachova, Rosaline Amherst, and Delilah Abernathy are all (C) to me :) And now Annalisa Dairine Black is also © to me.
Pippa Lupin (C) Ashley :)
The other Lupins that are (C) to no one really. I don't claim to own them and they are not mentioned in any of the HP books. You may do as you wish with them.
All other characters are (C) Jo Rowling.
Aurora and Lily were having a blast being pregnant together with Alice. All of them had one baby shower at one time in late June; Lily and Alice looked like they were about to pop. A lot of people had shown up; Andromeda, Ted, Nymphadora, and their new addition, a baby boy; Arthur and Molly Weasley with their growing brood (they had just added child number six to their list of sons); Aurora's sisters and her aunts, uncles, and cousins from her father's side; Lily's parents, her older brothers, Ash and Birch, her older sisters, Petunia and Daisy, and her younger sister, Rose; James' parents and grandparents; Remus and Pippa; Dumbledore, Hagrid, most of the professors from Hogwarts; Kingsley Shacklebolt, Mad-Eye Moody, and many of the Order members. And they all brought some form of a gift.
The entire party was out in the backyard at Lily's and James' house except for Aurora. She stood in the kitchen, filling a glass of water up, one hand resting on her seven month belly. She gazed at everyone in the backyard through the kitchen window; they were all laughing and talking and having fun but for some reason, Aurora couldn't fully enjoy this. She looked away from the window and sighed heavily. 'I wish you were right enough to be here, Mum…And Poppy, I wish you were here too,' she thought to herself as she looked at a picture on the fridge. Aurora stopped the water and went to the fridge, gently pulling the picture from it's magnets. She looked at it and smiled wide.
There she was with Lily, Andromeda, and Pippa on Lily's wedding day. They were all laughing, their arms over each other's shoulders, their eyes twinkling as Pippa waved enthusiastically and Andromeda was doubled over with laughter as Lily tried to help her stand up straight for the picture. Aurora was covering her mouth with one hand, her eyes shut tight as she laughed into her palm. Aurora put the photo back on the fridge and turned to head back out to the backyard, but she faltered in her steps and gasped softly when she saw James. She smiled quickly afterwards and placed her free hand over her heart. "James…You scared me," she giggled and James chuckled.
"Sorry, Rora," he said affectionately. "I'm making copies of all of the photos from the wedding. I'll give you a batch."
"Thank you."
"Aurora, are you alright? You seem distracted…"
She sighed and looked back out the window. "I am. I'm sorry. I just…I see Molly and Alice and Lily with their mums and dads and I can't help but feel a bit lonely. I just wish that my mum was right enough in the head to be here." She felt him gently clasp her shoulder and she looked up at him with teary eyes. "I'm sorry, James; I don't mean to put a damper on the mood."
"Don't worry about it; it's completely understandable. You're having your first child and you want your mother to see you like this. You want her to be in your child's life."
"Since when did you get so smart?"
"I've always been smart; I just was a prat when I was younger."
"Ha…you can say that again."
"Hey now; don't be cruel." She giggled at him and patted his hand.
"Sirius and I want you and Lily to be our child's godparents…Will you?" He grinned down at her and then hugged her as tight as he could without harming her.
"Of course! We'd be honored! We'd also be honored if you and Sirius were godparents to our child."
"Oh James…Of course we will be."
"Good…Now, let's go join the party." He took her hand and led her out, passing her to Sirius before he sat next to his own pregnant wife at the table.
"Aurora, I do believe we need to make some arrangements…" Dumbledore said as he placed a gently hand on her lower back. She turned to him slightly and bit her lip; nodding. "Don't look so nervous, Miss Badeau; you still have your job. You'll just have a substitute until you don't need one. Now, that is if you would like to still have this job."
"I do…"
"Well, good. Honestly, I didn't want to go out looking for another one," he smiled at her and she giggled. "Now…when do you think you'll be able to officially start?"
"Well, my doctor told me that 26 weeks would be good enough."
"So…February then?"
"Yes, about February 14th?"
"Sounds fine to me; we'll get everything situated for you, then."
"Thank you so much, Albus."
"Ah, it is nothing."
July came quickly and Aurora was feeling quite uncomfortable in her pregnancy. She had been feeling pains every once in a whilea few weeks into July but didn't feel the need to let Sirius worry so she kept it to herself pretty well. No one could say that Aurora was weak; she had a high pain tolerance. But today was different. No, today the pains were more common and more painful and Aurora was becoming a bit nervous. She still refused to tell Sirius until she felt that something was really wrong. 'There's no way this baby is coming yet…The doctor said I still have another month and a half left.'
Aurora stepped back into the house after gardening, wiping her brow with the back of her hand. She knew better than to be working out in the heat while pregnant, but Sirius never did the gardening so she was stuck doing it. Nicola and Italia walked into the room and smiled at her. She smiled back and looked down suddenly as she felt a warm liquid suddenly gush down her legs. Nicola looked at her and gasped.
"SIRIUS!" she screamed and ran from the room with Italia close behind. "SIRIUS BLACK! YOUR WIFE, MY SISTER, HAD HER WATER JUST BREAK!" she screamed up the stairs as Aurora blinked and stood utterly still. There was no response so Nicola rolled her eyes.
"THAT MEANS THAT THE BABY IS COMING NOW!" Holly screamed from upstairs but within seconds, she was downstairs and rushing to Aurora to comfort her.. Everything was quiet except for a thud from him falling out of bed and then the soft thumping he was making by jumping up and down to get dressed. Then they could hear him literally running out of the room. He ran down the stairs at top speed and turned on the tiled entry way, his socks making him slip. He yelped when he hit the back of the sofa and toppled over it and onto the floor but he was up again and running/sliding to Aurora.
"It's too soon! Isn't it!?" He sounded panicked and Aurora started to reply when he interrupted, yelling at the girls. "Get the luggage that's in the coat closet and get it into the car!"
"Wouldn't it be faster to just Apparate to St. Mungo's?" Nicola asked and Sirius blinked at her. He then nodded and grabbed Aurora's hands, yanking her after him.
"Breathing exercises, Aurora! Breath!"
"I am…" she said as she calmly did her breathing exercises, one hand on her large belly, the other in Sirius' firm grasp.
"Don't panic, Aurora! You need to be very calm for the baby!"
"Sirius…you're the one panicking; not me," she answered and he blinked at her.
"Right. Hold on now." He pulled her and the girls to him and then they Disapparated, reappearing in an alley about three stores down from St. Mungo's. They were lucky that there weren't any muggles out on that street as they went through the window of a store. Sirius walked them all over to the front desk. "Miss…My wife here is in labor."
"What's the name?" The petite blonde witch asked while smacking her bubblegum most annoyingly.
"Aurora Black."
"Hmmm…says that she's not due for another month and a half, Mr. Black. You are Mr. Black, aren't you?"
"Yes…and I know she's not due yet but her water broke and…Are you having contractions?" he asked Aurora and she nodded, looking sheepish.
"I have been for the last three days…"
"And you never told me?"
"Well, I didn't think it was anything important…"
He sighed and looked back at the blonde witch, who had been watching them balefully while smacking her gum. "Look, she's ready to have this baby…"
"But she's not due yet, sir."
"I know that, miss, but she's still ready to have the baby!"
"You'll have to wait to see a doctor, sir. You can go sit over there…" He looked at her incredulously as she went back to filing her nails. Aurora had a sudden and very painful contraction, squeezing Sirius' hand as hard as she could. He yelped and started to bend down as he mouthed the word 'ow' about ten times. Aurora looked very pissed all of a sudden and reached across the desk (with much difficulty due to her swollen belly) and grabbed the witch by her hair; the witch gave a cry and looked up at Aurora with wide, terrified eyes.
"Listen you! I'm having this baby whether he or she is due or not! GET. ME. MY. DOCTOR. NOW!" The witched 'eeped' as Aurora let go of her hair and the witch called Aurora's doctor immediately. Soon a male nurse wheeled a wheelchair over to her and then wheeled her away to a room on the bottom floor. She noticed that there were many other pregnant women there, all being consoled by their husbands as they waited to give birth. The male nurse wheeled her to the end of the room, sitting her next to Alice Longbottom. She looked over and smiled at Alice. "Hello, Alice. You too, hmm?"
"Yes…I thought you weren't due for another month?"
"Well, I was supposed to have this baby in the middle of September but I think she wants to come out now."
"You know the gender?"
"Yes…well, not for sure. But my intuition tells me that it's a girl." She suddenly gasped, her hands on her stomach. "Oh ow…They're getting worse…" She grumbled and felt Sirius grasp her hand in his. Holly held Italia's hand as Nicola looked around observantly. Soon, Aurora's Mediwitch came to her, smiling. She was a short and very petite woman with short brown hair and matching eyes. She was pretty but plain and extremely nice but a bit arrogant.
"Aurora…You're not supposed to be here yet."
"I know but this baby doesn't care," Aurora laughed softly and squeezed Sirius' hand hard as another contraction came. The Mediwitch kneeled down and listen to the baby with her stethoscope.
"They're ready. Let's get you to the Delivery Ward…" She said with a sweet smile. "Mr. Black, if you will…" She motioned for him to wheel Aurora behind her and Sirius nodded. "Ah…the kiddies will have to wait in the waiting room."
"Um…They have no one to watch over th—"
"Remus is here, Aurora. He'll watch them with Peter," Sirius reassured and Aurora felt a lot better. She relaxed a bit and let Sirius wheel her out of the room and down the hall to the Delivery Ward. She was taken to the very back where there was a clean, empty bed. Sirius had to turn around as she changed into the birthing dress and then he helped her onto the bed.
He stood by her side the entire time, well into the night. She squeezed his hand painfully hard but he tried to be strong for her. They found out a good hour and a half into the pushes that Alice Longbottom had given birth to a baby boy that they had named Neville. Aurora had growled about how unfair it was that Alice had already had her baby. Sirius had laughed but not for long for Aurora squeezed his hand in a bone-crushing grip and yanked him down to her, yelling at him.
"YOU. DID. THIS. TO. ME!!!!"
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Aurora, my hand!"
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" And she began to cry as the Mediwitch told her to push. She did and Sirius about died from the pain in his hand. About three hours later, the Mediwitch exclaimed happily, "Congratulations! It's a girl!"
Aurora cried and cried and repeatedly told Sirius that she was sorry for hurting his hand and yelling at him. The baby was wailing and Sirius was becoming quite insane with all of the noise; he even shot a glare at the witch nurses cleaning his daughter. Mediwitch Ramona cradled the baby girl to her as she took the crying little girl to her mother and father a few minutes later. As soon as the baby was in Aurora's arms, she became silent and looked up at her mother with big, beautiful grey eyes.
Aurora cooed and stroked her daughter's head lovingly. "She has your eyes, Sirius…" she whispered lovingly to her husband and smiled when he kissed her head and then his daughter's. "What are we going to name you, little one?" She gently rubbed the baby girl's cheek and then kissed her forehead. "She's so soft…"
Sirius noticed that they were alone now and he looked back down at Aurora. "What about Annalisa; after my great-great-great-great-great-great aunt?"
"Wow…that's a lot of greats. But…she was a Black, wasn't she?"
"No, actually. She was a Muggle who was married by Castor Vega Black, my great-great-great-great-great-great uncle; her name before she got married to Castor was Annalisa Mary Quintin. Castor was the first of my family to ever be blasted off of the family tree," he said it proudly and Aurora smiled sweetly at him.
"Agreed. What about a middle name though?"
"Your turn…"
"Hmmm…How about…Dairine; after Merlin's first daughter?"
"I love it."
Holly, Nicola, and Italia were led into the room by Sirius, Pippa, Remus, James, Lily, and Peter. The younger girls rushed to the bed and Aurora smiled down at them. "Do you want to hold her, Holly?"
Holly nodded, beaming as Aurora gently handed the baby girl to her. "Support her head…That's it." Aurora directed and then rested her arms against her. Holly looked down at the sleeping baby girl as Nicola peered over her shoulder.
"She's so little…" Nicola whispered and Aurora nodded.
"Why is she so little, Sissy?" Italia asked as she climbed up onto the bed with Pippa's help. She scooted towards Aurora and leaned against her as Aurora wrapped one arm around her.
"She's little because she's brand new. We all start off really small; even you did."
"Really? I was that small?"
"You were a few inches bigger but yes, you were small." Italia thought about it and then nodded in understanding. Aurora watched as Annalisa was passed carefully around. Sirius held her last. He gazed down at that little face and couldn't take his eyes off of her as he slowly sat down in a chair next to the bed. Italia peered down over the railing of the bed.
"She's very pink, Sissy," Italia whispered as she watched the little girl. Everyone laughed softly and Annalisa made a very cute coo as she moved in Sirius' hands. James and Remus gently patted him on the back, both grinning like idiots.
"Congratulations, mate, you're a father now," James pronounced as he wrapped a protective arm around Lily. Sirius blinked and looked up at everyone and then looked at Aurora, smiling slowly.
"I'm a father…"
I really hope you enjoyed this chapter! Finally, Annalisa is born! She'll be a main role in the sequel. And Neville made his appearance too :) Please review and tell me what you think! Thanks -Siriusgrl88